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Female Figure

Maker (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (London, British, 1861 - 1940)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Dateca. 1887
Mediumengraving on vellum
Dimensions24 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (61.6 x 39.4 cm.)
DescriptionFemale figure in profile to right, holding string of beads in left hand, right hand clasping cloth to her side. Her head is wrapped in cloth and her gaze down. In the background appears a wall ans over and by it a body of water and small boat with two figures, landscape beyond. On right shoulder facing viewer, a faint hand holding torch.
Inscribedrecto beneath image in brown ink: Published. November 1st 1887 by Thos. Agnew & Sons. London. Liverpool and Manchester recto in graphite: E. Burne-Jones recto lower right: G___? stamped: AA
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
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